Nicole Nathan, CPA PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Fir Tree Partners, New York, NY October 2012 — Present Accounting Associate • Fund accountant at $I1 billion AUM opportunistic investment firm that was founded in 1994 with 2 hedge funds and 4 private equity funds • Prepare all files related to the month end close process and help review and send out monthly investor statements • Interact with the fund administrator in order to reconcile the in-house accounting files with the administrator's files on a daily basis • Assist the accounting team in completing Form PF and other regulatory filings • Train two new associates and an intern regarding many month-end responsibilities • Work with the marketing and compliance teams on various ad hoc investor projects • Built out complete month end files for new and complicated funds that were recently launched and reconfigured month end files and performance metrics for existing and restructured funds KPMG LLP, New York, NY October 2010 — September 2012 Senior Audit Associate — Real Estate/Private Equity • Tested valuations of properties for one of the leading real estate owners, developers, and managers in the world, focusing on the discounted cash flow and sales comparable methods • Performed and reviewed various substantive testing procedures for audits of private equity funds • Analyzed complex waterfall calculations for a publicly traded REIT to ensure compliance with partnership agreements • Reviewed complex loan agreements including debt with a participating feature and mezzanine loans for closed-end funds • Participated in the financial statement audits for various real estate, private equity, investment management clients that issued both GAAP and Income Tax Basis financial statements • Performed detailed financial statement analytical procedures such as recalculation of statement of cash flows, unrealized gain/loss rollforwards, equity rollfonvards, and various other key ratios • Perf